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Politics : Homeland Security -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RocketMan who wrote (313)	11/4/2001 3:18:50 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 827

I'm sure we have the technology, in fact we are trying to over depend on it. It's the $ that's holding it up , cost of inspectors, and of course it will inconvenience the shippers. Not to mention the huge dent it would make in the drug trade. Like you I expect we will wait on something or things to blow up first. Jim

To: RocketMan who wrote (313)	11/5/2001 11:06:57 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 827

This may have been responded to already, but long-distance trucks have cellphone GPS-based tracking systems, which could be slapped on containers, I'm guessing for a couple grand each, max. Compared to the cost of the container that's not much. It's the ramp-up for millions of containers that would be the challenge You could add sensors to determine tampering, even sound and video monitoring of certain cargo, like hazardous materials etc. We need leadership in the Homeland Defense area to get production organized. Nobody's home yet.